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Got a letter from Bill G last night, and he’s now on Episode 20! I have already answered it, and managed to trick myself into making it a 100% thermally-typed letter, pasted up onto the Episode sheet. It’s kind of fun – I may do this for all my December Letters, just to switch it […]

Below, more Thermal Paper tests, including the Phomemo’s “micro print” feature. 52 or so characters across 2 1/4″ is not bad at all. Pretty readable, too! Currently in the Eyeholes: I saw this film in an elementary school gymnasium back in the mid-70’s, and the “Me and My Arrow” song has lived rent-free in my […]

May 25, 2000 – I had my first digital camera, a 1996 Canon Powershot 600, and a hankerin’ to experiment. So I took the camera and a tripod out to the backyard of The Monastery and set up for a panorama. Carefully rotating the camera around in a 360 circle and using the self-timer to […]

Through the back of the paper you can see how the stamp pad ink bleaches the black from the thermal image, leaving red on a light background.

I copied a bunch of my favorite logos and clip art onto my phone so I can use them to instantly print stickers for… reasons.. :D

Boy howdy, thermal photo printing is cheap! How cheap? Well, here’s a breakdown of some deals on thermal paper rolls that will work in either my “Cyclops” toy camera or the Phomemo M02: A Black Friday deal on 10 rolls of 58mm self-adhesive thermal paper specifically for these cameras/printers, 10 feet of paper per roll […]

Phomemo printer drivers for Linux CUPS Comfortable Shoes Studios experiments with hand-tinting thermal photo prints: HA! Here’s a fun idea that I bet Joe will enjoy:

I’ve been having a great deal of fun and utility from the silly little toy thermal camera that Gregory sent me this past year – it’s really amazing to be able to make illustrative and artsy photographs with Polaroid ease and negligible cost which I can paste into letters or a notebook or simply present […]

I’ve mentioned the films of Peter Greenaway here on occasion, but I don’t get much response on that topic, which is a shame because I’d really like people to experience his films. Greenaway is one of those filmmakers who pretty much never gets mentioned in “best of” lists of films, even ones focused on obscure […]

I’ve been on a bit of a Jim Jarmusch kick lately, powered by some lucky DVD finds at thrifts (you can find near *anything* at thrift store DVD shelves these days, if you’re willing to dig past the many copies of the “Harry Potter” films and the always-present “Inception”), so when I came across this […]

Ehh, I’m not so sure the world needs more Chaos Magic right now, and I’m a Chaos Mage. Kinda already pretty badly unbalanced, if you want my opinion. Currently in the Eyeholes: Heh, this movie always makes me feel better about the swirling maelstrom around me. At least my decapitated friends aren’t biting my butt! […]

Just done bein’ in the eyeholes, and now rattlin’ around the squishy bits: Currently in the eyeholes: Another one Joe would prolly dig.. “I really enjoyed forgetting. When I first come to a place, I notice all the little details. I notice the way the sky looks. The color of white paper. The way people […]

Currently in the eyeholes: The thing that struck me about this film is that if you like the first few minutes of it, you’re gonna like the rest. Well, that and the curiously Japanese tendency to do full frontal censorship by just drawing Barbie Doll anatomy rather than tastefully positioned debris or something. Just strikes […]

Currently in the eyeholes: Funny, as I skim the news today, I recall this quote from Lew Harper in this movie: “The bottom is loaded with nice people – all that rises is cream and bastards…” -Harper

Currently in the Eyeholes. I found another DVD of this film while thrifting with Correspondent Gregory last month, and passed it to him, as I thought he’d really dig it. If he does dig it, then I’d also recommend “Koyaanisqatsi”, “Powaqqatsi”, and “Naqoyqatsi” as films in a similar vein, though this one surprised me by […]

Way back in 1987, when the Salt River still had water in it most of the time. About 10 years ago, that started being so rare that the city ran a temporary road through the bottom of the riverbed to reduce traffic on the overstressed bridge. Well, it’s still there and being used. Do I […]

Well, at least I’ve got a letter from Correspondent Daniel B. to answer. Episode 15 for him! (:

I built the Omega XL Tape Pals box some weeks ago in anticipation of starting a second Tape Pals 3-Way Cassette Letter, and We’ve finally got our Third Agent. Inside the Box! Some new concepts to this particular box; Agent Logs have moved to the J-Card sheet, which left an empty container where the Log […]

One of these things is *not* like the others! See, Jeunet had a pretty difficult task when he took on the 4th Alien film. I would imagine the pitch was something like: “Hey, you want to do this film? We”ll give you a lot of money! But, um, two things – first, there was this […]

The “Letterpress” printing on the cover of the notebook is actually offset printed and *then* embossed with an embossing die that matches the print. This is a way more complex process than actual letterpress, and at least in the case of this book, results in an embossing that’s misregistered slightly to the right and up […]

When Correspondent Gregory was here the other day(s), he brought a package and we exchanged gifts that would normally have been mailed. We also talked about film cameras over Forearm Burritos from Alibertos and the Canon SureShot Owl came up as a favorite, inspiring me to haul out one of mine. Famed for its large, […]

Most of these photos following were taken by Gregory, some by me – Not many pictures altogether, though – too busy having a blast! :D Brian G. brought The Poor Typist from his palatial hotel the first day of Gregory’s tour, and after some hours at MTE, joined the party for the thrifting run. Thriftin’ […]

Currently in the eyeholes:

Currently in the eyeholes:

Another golden oldie from the Tape Box Full of Ghosts: No One Special, Feb 1987 Side B (finished, full mix) NxOxSx * AWOL * Day After * Outcast of Society * Be Yourself * Victim of Love * Let Me Be * Round & Round * Impressions * Near Future * Jocks * Big Man […]

A couple fun cassette J-Cards from the Tape Box of Ghosts – first band I was in really right smack in the middle of the punk/new wave 80’s and mostly played bass. I was the kid who bought the pastor’s old Sony Hi-Fi reel-to-reel deck, so I was the one that recorded all the practices […]